In Episode 3 of the Tenkara Angler Level Line Podcast, Matt & Mike have the pleasure of spending time with tenkara enthusiast, philosopher, and magician (not an exaggeration), Dennis Vander Houwen. While Dennis has previously written articles for Tenkara Angler, including “The Three Paths” and “Finding Happiness with Less,” those that have been around the tenkara scene are surely more familiar with Dennis from his always interesting blog, Tenkara Path, or perhaps the popular wooden line spools available in his Etsy shop. In this interview, we talk to Dennis about his fishing background, his favorite type of water, how the simplicity of tenkara sets the standard for his everyday life, his blogging background, experiences fishing with friends, woodworking, brook trout, art, bread baking, and bigfoot! Show Notes & Links: 01:14 – Intro to Dennis Vander Houwen, Tenkara Path 04:44 – Meditative aspects of tenkara 09:07 – Purpose for Tenkara Path blog 10:20 – Connecting simplicity to everyday life 11:30 – Finding Happiness with Less 14:21 – Unnecessary gear, line spools, & “One Fly” 17:09 – Favorite type of water, Trip to Wyoming 21:45 – Fishing with friends… and Graham too 24:55 – Woodworking / Tenkara Path Etsy shop 31:30 – “Master of the Illusionary Arts” 35:40 – COVID opening doors 37:44 – The tenkara community 39:19 – Dennis’ favorite fish species 40:39 – Hobbies – Art, bread baking, foraging, and a patient wife 43:29 – Most impressive natural sight while fishing 44:46 – Bigfoot!… and Dennis’ son as our next guest 47:49 – Advice for new tenkara anglers 50:19 – Ways to find Dennis – Blog, Instagram, Facebook, Etsy Want to see more? Tenkara Path Tenkara Angler